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VIVI. W. MOORE. FOUNTAIN PEN Patented Sept. 8, 1896.

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NiTRD STATES MORRIS W. MOORE, OF IIOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGN OR TOHIMSEIJF, AND GUSTAVUS AfPHELPS AND FRANCIS O. BRO`WN, OF.` NEV YORK, N.Y.

lFOUNTAIN-PEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,152, datedSeptember 8, 1896.

Application led Nvlnbl 13, 1894:. Serial N0. 528,617. (NIO model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS W. MOORE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Holyoke, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented newand useful Improvements in Fountain-Pens, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction offountain-pens, especially 1 o with reference to the formation of theparts at the tip end of the pen, whereby the penbar and pen may havereciprocatory movements downwardly or forward to present the pen forwriting and also upwardly or inwardly to withdraw the pen within the endof the tip when the pen is not to be used, and the capabilities for theupward inward movement of the pen-bar are to be such, by reason of theconstruction of the internal portion of the barrel relative to which thepen-bar operates, as to permit the iillin g of the barrel or reservoirby pouring` the ink into the tip endv lindrical pen-supporting bar,which practically fits the contracted portion of the foi ward endopening and which is adapted to be moved to present the pen outwardlybeyond said forward end and to be moved upwardly within and beyond thecontracted end portion of the barrel, then leaving an unobstructed spacebetween it and the adjacent surrounding larger internal wall of thebarrel for the entrance therethrough into the barrel of the ink; andsubordinate to the foregoing statement of invention the inventionconsists in a fountainpen having a barrel or reservoir the chamber orinternal bore of which is tapered toward its lower Open end, combinedwith a substantially cylindrical pen-bar adapted to be projectedoutwardly beyond andto be withdrawn within said open end of the barrel;and the invention furthermore consists in constructions and combinationsof parts, all substantially as will hereward end, combined with asubstantially cyinafter fully appear, and be set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a longitudinal section of a fountain-pen embodying the presentimprovements, this view showing the positions of the various parts whenthe fountain-pen is in position for use. Fig. 2 is a view somewhatsimilar to Fig. 1, but showing the parts as in such changed positions asto enable one to introduce ink into the barrel at the tip end of thepen.

In the drawings, A represents the barrel which constitutes thereservoir.

3 represents the tip portion of the barrel, which preferably isexternally of conical form and is wrought integrally with the barrelproper.

The reservoir portion 2 of the barrel has a greater diameter internallythan has the opening lthrough the tip portion. As shown in the drawings,said reservoir portion or bore .of the barrel tapers toward its openend.

7 represents the pen-bar, which, especially at its lower end portion, atwhich the writingpen 2O is carried, is of a substantially eylindricalform, so as to, when the cylindrical portion is at the orifice of thetapered portion of the barrel, substantially fill and close suchorifice. This forward portion of the pen-bar is to be so constructed asto constitute a feeder of the ink to the writing-pen, it either havingducts within and along its side or being provided with a slabbed orflattened side or formed in any Of the multitudinous ways to efficientlycarry the ink down to the pen.

The pen-bar is projected centrally through and beyond the upper end ofthe barrel, so as to be Operated at such upper end for the variousobjects-namely, to forwardly present the pen for writing, to withdrawthe pen within the tip when the pen is not to be used, and again to soplace the pen-bar inwardly beyond the orifice of the contracted forwardend of the barrel as to leave between the penbar and the portion of thebarrel whichsurrounds the forward end of the cylindrical portion of thepen-bar an annular space through which may be injected the ink to supplythe reservoir.

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The upper extremity of the tubular barrel is counterbored to leave aninternal rabbet or seat 5 for the reception of the centrallyboredstopper G, which is preferably of cork, and this ts so closely into theupper end of the barrel and so closely aroundV the upper end portion ofthe pen-bar which extends through it that no leakage of ink can takeplace either between the cork and the upper orifice of the barrel orbetween the central portion of the cork and the portion of the penbarwhich has the sliding tit through it.

The upper end portion of the barrel isexternally screw-threaded, asshown at 1S, upon which threaded portion is screwed the cap 8, ofextended cylindrical form, the upper end of which, preferably, isclosed. Said cap S is provided within its opposite sides with thelongitudinal slots o o. Fitted to slide upon the outside of the cap isthe ring 9. The pen lO is passed transversely and diametrically through,and is supported bythe sliding ring Sl, and also has an intersectingengagement with the portion of the pen-bar which is pro jeeted above theupper stoppered end of the barrel.

By sliding the ring 9 upwardly and downwardly and in the requiredextents the aforementioned several objects which are dependent on themovement of the pen-bar will be fulfilled.

. 12 represents the tip-cap, which is to cover the forward end of thefountain-pen when the writing-pen is inwardlywithdrawn and thefountain-pen is to be carried in the pocket. This tip-cap may beset uponthe upper end of the cap 8, which it iits,\vl1en the pen is in use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent7 isl. A fountain-pen having an ink-fount with its boretapering toward the outer end coinbined with a substantially cylindricalpensupport within the bore, and adapted to be drawn into the bore forfilling.

2. In a fountain-pen, the barrel having a bore tapering toward its outerend, the substantially cylindrical pen-support Within said bore, a barconnected to said support and extending through a suitable .packing nearthe upper part of the barrel, and means for moving said bar so as-toproject or withdraw the pen-support, all combined substantially asdescribed.

In a fountain-pen, the barrel and tip in one piece, said tip conical andtapering toward the point and having a bore tapering in the samedirection, a substantially cylindrical pen-support moving within saidtapering bore, and means for moving said support longitudinally,substantially as described. MORRIS YV. MOORE.

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WM. S. BELLows, K. l. CLEMIoNs.

